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Kinsley Mountain Mine

Plant in Elko county in Nevada, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Reserves and resources
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271001
MAS/MILS ID 0320070241
Record type Site
Current site name Kinsley Mountain Mine
Alternate or previous names Main Deposit, West Ridge Deposit, Kinsley Mine, Kinsely Mountain, Upper Ridge Deposit, Access Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -114.36476, 40.12213 (WGS84)
Elevation 2255
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Elko(county)

Nevada(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chin Creek Reservoir(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Currie(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elko(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Spring-Steptoe Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic accounting unit)

Central Nevada Desert Basins(hydrologic subregion)

Great Basin(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management NV)

Bureau of Land Management NV BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Nevada Elko

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 026 N 068 E 19 Nevada

Comments on the location information

  • PART OF THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN WHITE PINE COUNTY, NEV. THE MILS TOWNSHIP/RANGE AND SECTION ARE IN WHITE PINE COUNT, NEV. POSSIBLE DUPLICATE MAS FILE IS KINSLEY SEQ# 0320330403, SAME MILS TOWNSHIP/RANGE AND SECTION, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT LAT/LONG.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 1701HA
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Shape of Orebody #1 UNKNOWN
    Primary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Total Surface Area (HA) 1701
    Date of Last Modification 960809

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Plant
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1994
Plant type Leach
Milling method Heap Leach-Electrowin

Mining district

District name Carlin Trend

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim
Type of mineral rights Patented

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Alta Gold Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Nevada
    Year 1996
    First year 1994
  • Type Owner
    Owner Cominco American Resources Inc./Usmx Inc.
    Year 1996
    Last year 1994

Comments on the ownership information

  • IN APRIL 1994 ALTA PURCHASED 100% INTEREST IN PROPERTY FROM COMINCO & USMX.

Production statistics

  • Year 1995
    Description Gold Production 40667 Tr Oz/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1264885.26g
  • Year 1996
    Description Ore Mined @ 0.0517 Opt Au 1267660 St Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 1397355.56mt 1g/mt
  • Year 1996
    Description Ore Mined @ 0.0322 Opt Au 1853196 St Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Gold Gold 2042798.33mt 1g/mt
  • Year 1996
    Description Gold Production 44552 Tr Oz/Yr
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Gold Gold 1385722.28g

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Measured 3165000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.55 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Indicated 168000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 2.64 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1996
    Demonstrated 3069000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.1 g/mt Gold Major 1996
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1997
    Demonstrated 1736000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Gold Au 1.13 g/mt Gold Major 1997

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • PROVEN + PROBABLE ORE RESERVES, 12/31/96,

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    AMERICAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1996, P17.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALTA GOLD COMPANY, 1995, ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 6, 9.

  • Reserve-Resource

    ALTA GOLD COMPANY, 1996 FORM 10-K, P3.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES BULL 54, 1957, P104.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL, 104, #44, 11/03/93, P7.

  • Deposit

    COMINCO RESOURCES, 1993 ANNUAL REPORT.

  • Deposit

    THE MINING RECORD, VOL, 106, #23, 06/07/95, P7.

  • Deposit

    1995/96, NEVADA MINES DIRECTORY, PP. 1, 22.

  • Deposit

    RANDOL, 1996/97, MINING DIRECTORY, U.S. MINES AND MINING

  • Deposit

    COMPANIES, P253.

  • Deposit

    MAJOR MINES OF NEVADA, 1995, THE NEVADA DIVISION OF MINERALS

  • Deposit

    SPECIAL-PUBLICATION P-7, 1996, PP. 12, 13.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHWESTERN PAYDIRT, #697, JULY 1997, P17.

  • Deposit

    ALTA GOLD COMPANY, 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, PP. 6, 9.

  • Deposit

    NEVADA BUREAU OF MINES AND GEOLOGY, SPECIAL PUBLICATION MI-

  • Deposit

    1995, THE NEVADA MINERAL INDUSTRY 1995, PP. 2, 11, 22.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROPERTY ALSO IN T26N/R68E, SEC 14, 18, 19.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-SEP-97 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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